I got assigned to
Teacher Tom's blog for this month's assignment. He works with pre-school kids. His first post that I read was titled "It's Not My School, It's Your School". This talks about his clean up method. He, like most teachers, gets his students to help him clean up after activities done in class, but he makes it fun. He sings a clean up song while beating a drum. He doesn't have to let the kids know that it is clean up time, they just go into action when he starts beating the drum. We all know that if you tell a child "Put the book on the shelf", you are more than likely going to have to repeat yourself several times to get the desired reaction. However, if you say something informal like "The books go on the shelf", you will get a better reaction. I love his clean up method and will use something similar in my classroom and at home when I have children.
His second post that I read was titled "The Trick to Being a Dog". This post was talking about imagination. Kids can crawl around and act like a dog, in their mind, they area dog, but all we adults can see is a child crawling around on their hands and knees. It is really a shame that we can't be who we truly are because we are afraid of what other people with think and other people judge so much. It would be nice if we could go back to the days that nobody judged you for what you did, and if they did, you didn't care what they thought.
I enjoyed reading your post about "Teacher Tom's Blog". From what you have said, it seems as though your teacher was very humorous. He also made learning fun for his students. This will go a long way in our classrooms, once we become teachers ourselves. By being able to maintain a positive environment for our students, they will be more willing to listen and learn! Great post!
ReplyDeleteTeacher Tom's clean up method is interesting! It's psychologically tricky and I like it! I like the message of his posts but what did you think about them? Don't forget to include your reflections along with the summaries.
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